I am so lucky to get to spend time with teenagers...they keep me young, make me think, and teach me valuable lessons...like patience. I love my time with Morgan's friends and many times get to give them what I call "my sermons." One was recently having a hard day and said to me, "I just don't know the lesson in this." I ran across these "20 Rules For Living" a while after that and when I noticed "number 15" I typed these up and made several bookmarks to share with him and others. We have had so much fun with these and so, while I most often post something I have written, I decided to share them. Take what you like and leave the rest!
20 RULES FOR LIVING
1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
2. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
3. Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have, or sleep all you want.
4. When you say, “I love you,” mean it.
5. When you say, “I’m sorry,” look the person in the eye.
6. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
7. Believe in love at first sight.
8. Never laugh at anyone’s dream. People who don’t have dreams don’t have much.
9. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt, but it’s the only way to live life completely.
10. In disagreements, fight fairly, no name-calling.
11. Don’t judge people by their relatives.
12. Talk slowly, but think quickly.
13. When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and ask, “Why do you want to know?”
14. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
15. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
16. Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.
17. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
18. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
19. Smile when answering the phone…the caller will hear it in your voice.
20. Spend some time alone.
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